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griffinkelly — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 04:26:25 +0000

I very recently started reading Meditations after having read Aristotle, Plato, but never any of the stoics. I think he's the one leader that come's closest to Plato's philosopher king. While he surely wasn't a perfect leader, its a great insight into how he thought about ruling and how he was trying to be a better person/leader.

New comment by griffinkelly in "Why Japanese companies do so many different things"

griffinkelly — Fri, 22 May 2026 15:56:26 +0000

One other interesting fact about Japanese companies is that their CEOs get paid far far less than Western companies.

Checkout this article that talks about it: https://www.theatlantic.com/business/2010/07/5-lessons-of-ja...

edit: added article.

New comment by griffinkelly in "Show HN: Grapes Studio – HTML-first WYSIWYG website editor with LLM assistant"

griffinkelly — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:00:10 +0000

Yeah, that's the idea here. You can vibe code, and then the usual places where folks get stuck, you can jump in and use the drag and drop.

New comment by griffinkelly in "Show HN: Grapes Studio – HTML-first WYSIWYG website editor with LLM assistant"

griffinkelly — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:37:53 +0000

I think that's the best part of what we've built--while you still can use an LLM to do that. You can also just use the drag and drop editor to figure it out and make that change without spending AI credits to do so. You also can just edit the code directly and make the change too in our editor.

New comment by griffinkelly in "Show HN: Grapes Studio – HTML-first WYSIWYG website editor with LLM assistant"

griffinkelly — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 15:04:21 +0000

To build off of what artf said, the biggest thing against WP is really pricing. From speaking to folks, they get nickled and dimed for plugins. They also cant migrate to less expensive options.

I think we've taken the best parts of what folks like Lovable have created (one click deployment and chat to do anything), but built the drag and drop functionality into it-- which is something people have come to depend on. From what I've seen, the uptake of AI into the non-ai site builders has been very slow because they all have proprietary JSON formats.

Show HN: Grapes Studio – HTML-first WYSIWYG website editor with LLM assistant

griffinkelly — Thu, 02 Oct 2025 14:20:33 +0000

I’ve been working with @artf (creator of GrapesJS) on Grapes Studio, an HTML-first editor with an LLM assistant on top of GrapesJS.

We’re approaching this differently than the new wave of AI app/site builders which are typically generating full React applications, which we think is overkill for simple websites. From talking to people using these tools, we’ve seen a lot of issues with build errors and overly complicated pages.

With our approach you can:

- Edit visually via the no-code editor (drag/drop) or ask the LLM to make scoped changes (like “add a section” or “add a new page”).

- Build with straight HTML/CSS

- Ask AI to import your current site and start building from there instead of total rebuild.

We think there’s a lot of benefit using drag and drop editor functionality with LLMs, or you can jump straight into the code in the editor if you choose.

- Do you see value in this hybrid model (AI + visual + code editing)?

- What are the biggest blockers you’ve run into with AI-only builders?

Let us know what you think.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45449958

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New comment by griffinkelly in "Mozilla Drops Onerep After CEO Admits to Running People-Search Networks"

griffinkelly — Sat, 23 Mar 2024 01:45:05 +0000

Second the recommendation for Kanary. Formerly had a lot of inbound spam, has seriously cut it.

New comment by griffinkelly in "How to hire low experience, high potential people"

griffinkelly — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 15:43:55 +0000

Having worked predominantly in startups, we've almost always been cash-constrained in hiring. Some of the best hires I've found are highly motivated fresh grads or recent grads. I always look for the desire to prove themselves and take charge and full responsibility of a project; a majority of the times, money is secondary to these folks to the ability to make a difference and prove you're capable of completing something difficult. And ultimately, that's always something a startup can offer a young employee. That said, I've often had to teach them foundational things, but the desire to learn and get moving quickly outweighs any cons.

When I've been at big companies, it's all about experience and grey hair, and people become more motivated by money and low risk. I find many times, the quality of the average person at a big company is lower than the average startup fresh grad.

New comment by griffinkelly in "There's a mechanical watch feature called a “hack”"

griffinkelly — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:15:06 +0000

I'm in the Air National Guard, and its very much a thing. Typically at the beginning or end of a brief/meeting when you're about to go out and do something.

New comment by griffinkelly in "Airlines make more money from mileage programs than from flying planes"

griffinkelly — Thu, 21 Sep 2023 13:50:52 +0000

It's been funny to me that the mileage calculations oftentimes have no tie to the trip mileage--I'm a civilian pilot and often track the flight via foreflight. I'm a frequent filer on United, and I've often wondered the crazy math they come up with to get the number of 'miles' I earned--as the article says I think its purely based off of dollars now despite United also having 'premier qualifying points' which is directly tied to dollars spent.

New comment by griffinkelly in "Be worried about what’s going on at Turner Classic Movies"

griffinkelly — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 01:16:43 +0000

As a kid, anytime my dad was watching tv, he was watching TCM. I've learned there were a lot more remakes of old movies than I realized, and was always told, the original is much better--aside from the black and white, which I quickly got over, that's mostly held true.

New comment by griffinkelly in "Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)"

griffinkelly — Fri, 23 Jun 2023 11:11:11 +0000

I recommend jalapeno popcorn. If you enjoy a spicy snack its great. Only difference is when you're heating up the oil, add some pickled jalapenos and cook them until they're crunchy--the oil will absorb the spiciness.

Also, try using coconut oil instead of canola oil to cook the popcorn--its pricier, but its a great taste. I think it removes the need to add butter afterwards.

New comment by griffinkelly in "Europe: Is compulsory military service coming back?"

griffinkelly — Sun, 11 Jun 2023 14:26:59 +0000

I think the biggest benefit of more people serving is that the general public realizes that war is a terrible thing and should be done as a last resort. I think it also gives a better understanding of the ways governments use power projection and it's an unnecessary evil, particularly becoming relevant again with Russia. As we see fewer and fewer people serving I believe many of our political leaders will become less empathetic to that understanding. As a reservist in the US, in the many conversations I've had with fellow tech coworkers, there's usually a general lack of knowledge and understanding on the military as few have any direct relatives in the armed services.

As a side note in terms of fitness, in the US, the number eligible people is rather low due to the number of constrains the US military places on fitness, weight, tattoos, mental health etc. The number of people that could actually fight it everyone were called up that's within the age bracket is somewhere in the teens in terms of percentage. Unsure where that stands in Europe, but it would be a large roadbump if the draft were to be reimplemented.

New comment by griffinkelly in "New York City will charge drivers going downtown"

griffinkelly — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 22:17:37 +0000

Does the revenue go to the state of NY, NYC or the federal government? I imagine a split between all if it needed federal approval?

New comment by griffinkelly in "Sundar Pichai received $226M compensation, boosted by a triennial stock grant"

griffinkelly — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 15:19:16 +0000

A great product, its too bad it was discontinued. I much prefered it over lightroom.

New comment by griffinkelly in "xPrize Wildfire – $11M Prize Competition"

griffinkelly — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 00:54:55 +0000

This reminds me of the competition to try and stop Asian carp from hitting the great lakes: https://www.outdoorlife.com/stop-asian-carp-earn-1-million/

I hope that's enough to generate some innovation in the area to solve a very large and growing problem.

New comment by griffinkelly in "How friendships change in adulthood"

griffinkelly — Sat, 19 Nov 2022 13:08:56 +0000

> “That is how friendships continue, because people are living up to each other’s expectations. And if we have relaxed expectations for each other, or we’ve even suspended expectations, there’s a sense in which we realize that,” Rawlins says. “A summer when you’re 10, three months is one-thirtieth of your life. When you’re 30, what is it? It feels like the blink of an eye.”

I've been thinking a lot about this recently, and if it's possible to slow my perception of time. Life moved really fast during covid for me, I've tried to jump into new opportunities to learn things recently, and that's helped slow down my perception of time, and least I think for right now.

New comment by griffinkelly in "Ask HN: Anyone go through Montessori education until age 12 (end of grade 6)?"

griffinkelly — Wed, 16 Nov 2022 15:02:42 +0000

I transferred to a Montessori school at age 10 and was there to age 12; my family moved overseas after that, so I couldn't continue. That said, it was the first time in my life that I started to enjoy learning, and really started to love math. The fact that I could learn at my own pace, and get individualized learning at the same time from my teachers was life changing for me compared to my prior public school. It's left an impression on me to this day.

New comment by griffinkelly in "A working flight simulator, no computers necessary [video]"

griffinkelly — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 20:26:47 +0000

There's one of these in Cleveland at the Air & Space Museum

New comment by griffinkelly in "Software Library: MS-DOS Games"

griffinkelly — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 17:50:49 +0000

First time I played Doom as a kid I had nightmares for weeks. Looking at it now...